Join Future Leaders of Yale and the African American Affinity Group for a panel discussion designed for young women of color (ages 9-18), that will focus on the importance of empowerment, positivity, and overcoming adversity. Attendees will hear inspirational stories from Yale leaders and students, participate in a “Mindful Monday” empowerment exercise, learn about Yale University as an attainable option for education and employment, and participate in an environment where girls can talk freely and be themselves.

Panelists will include:

Join us for a conversation about risk and care, intimacy and expertise, responsibility and rage, and surviving crises.

Panelists include: Celeste Watkins-Hayes (University of Michigan), Gregg Gonsalves (Yale), and Joseph Osmundson (NYU); moderated by Joseph Fischel (Yale).

Sponsored by Yale LGBT Studies and the Yale Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration.

A Conversation with Lawrence Grandpre: Mythbusting the 2020 Election: Lesson for the Future of Anti-Racist Politics

Did Working Class Black Voters save Biden? Did the “Defund Police” slogan actually hurt house Democratgcs? Why did California vote for overwhelmingly Biden but aginst its Affirmative Action referendum?

The Teacher Leadership Program is a free one-hour workshop for educators of all levels and disciplines that meets at 4:00 pm EST on the first Thursday of the month throughout the academic year. These sessions are led by Jessica Sack, the Jan and Frederick Mayer Senior Associate Curator of Public Education; Rachel Thompson, the John Walsh Fellow in Museum Education; and the Wurtele Gallery Teachers. In this program, educators explore innovative ways to connect their curricula and interest in art with the Yale University Art Gallery’s collection.

Beinecke Library’s Melissa Barton, Nancy Kuhl, Tubyez Cropper, and Michael Morand will speak on seven of the authors, artists, and activists photographed by Carl Van Vechten and whose images are included in a new outdoor display on the library’s ground floor windows.
Zoom webinar registration: https://bit.ly/3m0Ap8R